Banking and Finance

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) will restrict its public counter services to 11am to 1pm on Friday, October 16, because of a scheduled emergency preparedness exercise at its premises. The ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) will hold two online workshops later this month and in November to explain the implementation of its Integrated Reporting Framework (IReF), which aims to standardise ...

Alpha Bank has purchased more than 2.24 million of its own shares for €9.69 million as part of its share buyback programme, according to an announcement published on Monday. Specifically, the lender ...

Cyprus’ financial intelligence unit (FIU) received 24,092 reports of suspicious transactions and activities in 2025, as the growth of crypto-asset services and cross-border financial business drove a sharp increase in submissions, according ...

The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) released an investor education booklet on Monday, focusing on digital financial literacy, investor protection and the risks of online investment scams. The publication ...

Eurobank repurchased 2,120,001 of its own shares on the Athens stock exchange between October 5 and October 9, spending a total of €9,606,163.33 as part of its ongoing share buyback programme. The bank paid ...

Morgan Stanley sees an opportunity to buy European bank shares following their recent decline, arguing that the sell-off reflects deteriorating sentiment in government bond markets and profit-taking rather than a ...

By Stelios Georgakis, Head, Directorate General Payments, Central Bank of Cyprus  Cyprus has long stood at the crossroads of continents, cultures and trade routes. Throughout its history, our island has ...

The National Bank of Greece has bought back 715,447 of its own shares for a total of €12.29 million between September 30 and October 8, 2026, as part of a share repurchase programme approved by ...

The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, known in financial circles as “the Bursa”, is considering a bid for the Cyprus stock exchange (CSE), according to Israeli media reports. A source close ...

Eurobank has reaffirmed its support for young entrepreneurs and innovation in Cyprus, backing the annual youth entrepreneurship awards organised by the Cyprus Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Keve). The bank ...

The Athens Municipality and the National Bank of Greece have reached an agreement to resolve decades-old property disputes, with seven properties set to be transferred or otherwise made available to ...

The Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) will hold a one-day coin design workshop on November 3, 2026, aimed at artists and designers interested in developing expertise in the field of numismatic art. ...

The European Central Bank (ECB) is proposing a major expansion of proportionality in banking supervision that could bring around 150 additional smaller banks under a lighter regulatory framework, according to ECB ...

Bank of Cyprus (BoC) received 14 awards at the 2026 World’s Best Digital Bank Awards, organised by Global Finance magazine, marking a significant increase in the total number of distinctions received ...

The electronic platform for depositors and bondholders burned in the 2013 bank bail-in will be reactivated over the next few days for people who previously applied but received no reimbursement, while ...

Cyprus’ securities regulator has ordered the suspension of trading in the shares of four companies listed on the Cyprus Stock Exchange (CSE) because they failed to publish required financial reports. ...

Cyprus households are earning relatively little on their bank deposits while facing a renewed rise in mortgage borrowing costs, according to new Central Bank of Cyprus (CBC) data that puts ...

Cyprus’ current account deficit nearly doubled in the second quarter of 2026, while the country’s net external debt position improved, according to provisional data released by the Central Bank of ...

Alpha Bank S.A. purchased 1,772,090 of its own shares on Euronext Athens between September 28, 2026 and October 2, 2026, for a total consideration of €8,142,149.75, the lender announced on Monday. The transactions were executed ...

Sustainable debt is becoming a more significant part of Cyprus’ financial market, although the country remains heavily dependent on a small number of government and banking issuances and has yet ...

The European Banking Authority (EBA) recently released its risk dashboard for the second quarter of 2026, confirming that banks across the EU and EEA continue to operate from a position of ...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) recently published its 2027 Work Programme, setting out plans to expand financial market supervision, simplify regulation and make greater use of data and artificial ...

The Bank of England has warned of an increase in the risk that interconnected weaknesses in the financial system will crystallise, highlighting the re-escalation of the conflict in Iran and ...